CVE-2008-2696
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
Exiv2 0.16 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero and application crash) via a zero value in Nikon lens information in the metadata of an image, related to "pretty printing" and the RationalValue::toLong function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0004)
- Published
- June 13, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0004 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- exiv2 / exiv2
References
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524715(Exploit)
- http://dev.robotbattle.com/bugs/view.php?id=0000546
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30519(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32273
- http://www.exiv2.org/changelog.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:119
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29586
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-655-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1766/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42885
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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